| Assistance to Industry and
Employment 7.1 Expenditure on regional preferential assistance to
industry (1) Scotland: 1989/90-1996/97
| £ million |
| |
Fiscal Year |
| 1989/90 |
1990/91 |
1991/92 |
1992/93 |
1993/94 |
1994/95 |
1995/96 |
1996/97 |
| Scottish Development Agency Acts/Scottish Enterprise |
| |
Land and factory building |
23.5 |
28.1 |
23.9 |
10.3 |
22.5 |
30.6 |
17.3 |
30.5 |
| Industrial Development |
| |
Regional Selective Assistance (2) |
40.6 |
68.2 |
63.7 |
59.2 |
69.0 |
77.1 |
70.1 |
72.3 |
| |
Regional Development Grant |
59.4 |
42.0 |
12.2 |
8.9 |
2.8 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
| |
Regional Enterprise Grant (3) |
1.5 |
2.8 |
2.7 |
2.8 |
2.7 |
2.1 |
3.0 |
2.4 |
| Highlands and Islands Enterprise (4) |
| |
Grants |
11.6 |
10.5 |
12.3 |
13.6 |
14.0 |
14.4 |
15.9 |
12.9 |
| |
Property |
7.2 |
7.6 |
8.0 |
6.9 |
9.4 |
9.9 |
11.1 |
9.9 |
| Total gross expenditure |
143.8 |
159.2 |
122.8 |
101.7 |
120.4 |
134.5 |
117.4 |
128.2 |
Source: The Scottish Office Education and Industry Department
(1) Expenditure in Assisted Areas only.
(2) Assistance provided under the Industrial Development Act 1982 and its predecessors
(3) Regional Enterprise Grant (REG) consists of 2 schemes - Regional Investment Grant and
Regional Innovation Grant. Both schemes commenced on 1 April 1988.
(4) HIE loans and equity are classed as non-preferential as these are deemed to be similar
to non-preferential assistance outside the HIE area.
7.2 Regional Selective Assistance (1): Summary of offers and expenditure Scotland
and Great Britain: 1989/90-1996/97
| |
Fiscal Year |
| 1989/90 |
1990/91 |
1991/92 |
1992/93 |
1993/94 |
1994/95 |
1995/96 |
1996/97 |
| RSA(2) |
| New and revised offers accepted: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
£ million |
| |
Scotland |
76.0 |
173.0 |
52.2 |
71.8 |
124.2 |
113.2 |
93.6 |
152.0 |
| |
Great Britain |
262.7 |
339.7 |
207.9 |
224.0 |
337.0 |
310.0 |
313.0 |
422.8 |
| Forecast associated employment(3): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
thousands |
| |
Scotland |
13.8 |
21.2 |
8.3 |
11.4 |
17.0 |
16.2 |
12.6 |
17.0 |
| |
Great Britain |
55.9 |
54.4 |
40.8 |
41.5 |
59.6 |
60.0 |
59.8 |
72.6 |
| Expenditure: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
£ million |
| |
Scotland |
40.6 |
68.2 |
63.7 |
59.2 |
69.0 |
77.1 |
70.1 |
72.3 |
| |
Great Britain |
176.6 |
187.5 |
193.1 |
189.1 |
215.2 |
247.2 |
237.0 |
217.4 |
| RDG2 |
| New and revised approvals made: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
£ million |
| |
Scotland |
48.6 |
0.1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| |
Great Britain |
76.8 |
2.0 |
0.2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Forecast associated employment(3): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
thousands |
| |
Scotland |
8.9 |
0.0 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| |
Great Britain |
16.3 |
0.6 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Expenditure: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
£ million |
| |
Scotland |
48.8 |
33.0 |
7.1 |
5.6 |
0.6 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
| |
Great Britain |
162.6 |
110.8 |
47.3 |
19.3 |
7.8 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
- |
| REG(4) |
| Offers accepted: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
£ million |
| |
Scotland |
4.1 |
4.5 |
3.6 |
3.7 |
2.8 |
3.8 |
3.8 |
1.3 |
| |
Great Britain |
18.2 |
17.4 |
13.9 |
15.8 |
18.2 |
22.4 |
22.2 |
17.8 |
| Expenditure: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
£ million |
| |
Scotland |
1.5 |
2.8 |
2.7 |
2.8 |
2.7 |
2.1 |
3.0 |
2.4 |
| |
Great Britain |
8.2 |
12.7 |
11.4 |
9.7 |
12.5 |
15.2 |
18.9 |
17.0 |
Source: The Scottish Office Education and Industry Department
(1) Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) under section 7 of the Industrial Development
Act 1982, revised Regional Development Grant (RDG2) and Regional Enterprise Grant (REG)
schemes.
(2) Figures for RSA relate to initial acceptance dates. Figures also include that
proportion of in-plant training grant subsequently claimed back from the European Social
Fund.
(3) Includes new and safeguarded employment.
(4) REG scheme is not necessarily job related so job figures are excluded.
7.3 Regional Selective Assistance: value of offers accepted and forecast employment
Scotland: 1994/95-1996/97
1992 SIC
Industry Class
Groupings |
Value of offers (£m) |
Associated New and Safeguarded Jobs |
| 1994-95 |
1995-96 |
1996-97 |
1994-95 |
1995-96 |
1996-97 |
| ALL INDUSTRIES TOTAL |
113.2 |
93.6 |
152.0 |
16,190 |
12,650 |
16,990 |
| Manufacturing Total |
94.4 |
87.4 |
146.8 |
12,100 |
11,270 |
15,470 |
| |
Food, Drink & Tobacco (15-16) |
7.0 |
9.0 |
3.1 |
860 |
1,720 |
780 |
| |
Textiles (17-18) |
8.7 |
8.4 |
2.6 |
1,680 |
1,210 |
460 |
| |
Leather Products (19) |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
0 |
170 |
50 |
| |
Wood Products (20) |
1.2 |
1.4 |
1.8 |
250 |
220 |
150 |
| |
Paper, Printing & Publishing (21-22) |
1.7 |
3.6 |
2.0 |
240 |
480 |
270 |
| |
Chemicals & Man-made Fibres (24) |
5.6 |
6.1 |
20.4 |
600 |
480 |
1,580 |
| |
Rubber & Plastic Products (25) |
2.2 |
4.8 |
2.4 |
270 |
710 |
450 |
| |
Other Non-metallic Mineral Products (26) |
1.3 |
0.9 |
2.8 |
230 |
100 |
280 |
| |
Metals & Metal Products (27-28) |
3.4 |
6.0 |
4.6 |
490 |
640 |
920 |
| |
Machinery & Equipment nes (29) |
5.4 |
7.2 |
5.8 |
910 |
810 |
740 |
| |
Electrical & Optical Equipment (30-33) |
50.9 |
34.6 |
91.4 |
5,480 |
3,910 |
8,950 |
| |
Transport Equipment (34-35) |
4.9 |
1.5 |
8.7 |
660 |
340 |
780 |
| |
Other Manufacturing nes (36-37) |
2.0 |
3.5 |
0.4 |
420 |
490 |
60 |
| Other Industries Total |
18.8 |
6.2 |
5.1 |
4,090 |
1,380 |
1,520 |
| |
Agriculture, Hunting & Forestry (01-02) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| |
Mining & Quarrying (10-14) |
0.6 |
- |
- |
70 |
- |
- |
| |
Electricity, Gas & Water Supply (40-41) |
0.4 |
- |
- |
90 |
- |
- |
| |
Construction (45) |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.5 |
50 |
30 |
60 |
| |
Wholesale & Retail Trades (50-52) |
0.3 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
60 |
160 |
150 |
| |
Hotels & Restaurants (55) |
0.2 |
- |
- |
30 |
- |
- |
| |
Transport, Storage & Communication (60-64) |
0.2 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
40 |
200 |
290 |
| |
Financial Intermediation (65-67) |
5.3 |
1.9 |
0.0 |
1,810 |
390 |
- |
| |
Real Estate, Renting & Business Services (70-74) |
9.8 |
2.7 |
3.3 |
1,750 |
590 |
1,000 |
| |
Education (80) |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
10 |
10 |
- |
| |
Health & Social Work (85) |
1.8 |
- |
0.0 |
190 |
- |
10 |
| |
Other Community, Social & Personal Services (90-93) |
- |
0.1 |
0.0 |
- |
10 |
10 |
Source: The Scottish Office Education and Industry Department
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